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Cheney: Threat of nuclear attack in U.S. city 'very real'
Chicago Tribune ^ | April 16, 2007 | By Mark Silva

Posted on 04/24/2007 9:39:37 AM PDT by needlenose_neely

WASHINGTON -- Vice President Dick Cheney, often called upon to deliver the administration's toughest talk about the wars abroad, now says this about the threat of terrorists detonating a nuclear bomb in an American city: "It's a very real threat. ... Something that we have to worry about and defeat every single day."

Cheney's warning about what's at stake for the U.S. in withdrawing from Iraq, delivered in a TV interview Sunday and coupled with a speech in Chicago on Friday and a war statement that President Bush plans to make Monday, is part of an escalating chorus of pressure that the White House hopes to exert on Democrats to approve a new war-spending bill...

(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...


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To: Lazamataz

Not neccessarily. Most all reports are looking at tactical nukes of the 10-15 Kiloton range, similar to the one dropped on Nagasaki.


61 posted on 04/25/2007 3:33:16 PM PDT by needlenose_neely
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To: KenmcG414

That’s spelled demonrat...


62 posted on 04/25/2007 3:44:20 PM PDT by timer (n/0=n=nx0)
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To: needlenose_neely

We aren’t in the least prepared. Folks need to go back to having pantries and water supplies in their basements. Also extra medication on hand. We ARE in for a bumpy ride and sooner than we may think or hope.


63 posted on 04/25/2007 4:17:44 PM PDT by Marysecretary (GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL.)
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To: FReepaholic

I think that’s already too late. I believe those people are already in this country and that the bombs are also here.


64 posted on 04/25/2007 4:18:41 PM PDT by Marysecretary (GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL.)
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To: wastedyears
"Somebody should re-instate Red Cell for its original purposes, AND get Dick Marcinko to head it."

So very true!! Marcinko would handle this whole terrorism thing for sure.

65 posted on 04/25/2007 4:21:32 PM PDT by KoRn (Just Say NO ....To Liberal Republians - FRED THOMPSON FOR PRESIDENT!)
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To: KoRn

Maybe he could be SECDEF?


66 posted on 04/25/2007 4:32:18 PM PDT by wastedyears (To a liberal, "feeling safe" is far more important than "being safe" Credit to TruthShallSetYouFree)
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To: wastedyears

He’d get my vote, if I had one for SECDEF.


67 posted on 04/25/2007 4:39:54 PM PDT by KoRn (Just Say NO ....To Liberal Republians - FRED THOMPSON FOR PRESIDENT!)
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To: KoRn

Same here


68 posted on 04/25/2007 4:47:22 PM PDT by wastedyears (To a liberal, "feeling safe" is far more important than "being safe" Credit to TruthShallSetYouFree)
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To: WhiteGuy
Yes and the open borders and open ports policy of the current administration will have allowed it to happen.

Very frightening.

69 posted on 04/25/2007 6:15:25 PM PDT by dragnet2
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To: Duncan Hunter Ambassador

Hi Sam, I have a question for your dad.

Would he reinstate Red Cell for its intended purpose? And if so, who would he ask to command it?


70 posted on 04/25/2007 6:27:02 PM PDT by wastedyears (To a liberal, "feeling safe" is far more important than "being safe" Credit to TruthShallSetYouFree)
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To: needlenose_neely; FReepaholic
Cheney's' just wolf calling to lay foundation for another multi-billion dollar 'stand by to stand by' contract with B&R.

Now if he were to say he's in disagreement with President Bush concerning the border policy, I would go to Defcon Four.

So everything is cool ;^)

71 posted on 04/25/2007 10:33:51 PM PDT by investigateworld (Abortion stops a beating heart)
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To: theFIRMbss

All of Chicago’s downtown Loop would be wiped out with a 10K nuke.


72 posted on 04/25/2007 10:47:14 PM PDT by NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
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To: NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
>All of Chicago’s downtown Loop would be wiped out with a 10K nuke

I would really miss
the Art Institute. But now
the Loop is mostly

awful looking bums
and weird little store-front shops.
It needs cleaning up . . .

73 posted on 04/26/2007 7:21:41 AM PDT by theFIRMbss
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To: theFIRMbss

My great-aunt used to teach kiddie art classes at the Art Institute during the 1930’s.


74 posted on 04/26/2007 7:42:35 AM PDT by NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
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To: Marysecretary
We aren’t in the least prepared.
As a nation we are not prepared to be sure. But there are plenty of us individuals and groups who are.

Folks need to go back to having pantries and water supplies in their basements. Also extra medication on hand. We ARE in for a bumpy ride and sooner than we may think or hope.

A good thing to have is open pollinated seeds, that seeds from the parent plant can be saved and used the next season. Since most seeds today are hybrids and have been genetically engineers, the seeds coming from the vegetables grown from them are sterile, and worthless.

An excellent source for open pollinated seed is "Johnny's Seeds". I highly recommend them, since I've been doing business with them since the early 80s.

75 posted on 04/26/2007 10:01:13 AM PDT by needlenose_neely
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To: Marysecretary
I think that’s already too late. I believe those people are already in this country and that the bombs are also here.

I think you are right.

76 posted on 04/26/2007 10:03:08 AM PDT by needlenose_neely
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To: needlenose_neely
Are you so caught up in national and international affairs that you STILL pay little attention to what goes on around you? Did you pay more attention to the bombing in Afghanistan and the War in Iraq than you do to your community’s emergency preparedness plan? Do you even know if your community HAS an emergency preparedness plan?

Why is it that Joe Normal doesn’t pay attention, take precautions, learn what to do, learn where to go, learn who to talk to?
I’m willing to bet that during WWII you could ask any school age child or adult where the nearest civil defense bomb shelter was and you could get an answer.

Why, in these perilous days, is comparable information not generally known, even by adults?

Would you know where to go if you received official information that your community had been attacked with a biochemical agent? How about a ‘dirty’ bomb?
Would you know who to contact if YOU received this information from an unofficial source that you trusted?

Is the everyday person so blasé about events unfolding that they make no effort to learn these things?
Is the government, national, state, or local, so blasé about this information that it does not try to make the information known throughout its’ sphere of influence?

What is to be done about making the changes in our lives so that we may live, prosper and grow the way the nation of the United States of America should, without giving up essential liberties?

If these ponderings and questions don’t make you pause and think then you may as well stop reading right now and go about your everyday life with your head remaining in the sand like the ostrich you are.

If these thoughts do make you think, what will you do about your thoughts?

Some suggestions
Find out about your community’s emergency preparedness plan.
If you don’t already know, find out where the nearest emergency shelter is located.
Lay in a separate supply of nonperishable food and water along with a good first aid kit.

Above all, do what the military taught me. Pay attention to detail!

These are things that I have done.

77 posted on 04/26/2007 10:10:18 AM PDT by Just another Joe (Warning: FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)
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To: needlenose_neely

Sometimes I HATE being right. Thanks for the info about the seeds. M


78 posted on 04/26/2007 7:01:37 PM PDT by Marysecretary (GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL.)
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To: Marysecretary

Yer welcome.


79 posted on 04/27/2007 9:44:01 AM PDT by needlenose_neely
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